In this introspective essay, Neseyne reflects on her experiences as an indigenous researcher and artist interacting with Western academia. What does it mean to produce knowledge about someone else’s world and to truly understand it? Who gets to speak on indigenous peoples’ lives and to be recognized as experts in the field? Neseyne explores these questions through poetry, emotions, and personal relationships, challenging the colonial epistemological tradition itself.

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